Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-09
STATE OF NAIVE
L~tter to the s.Pine r..
state Club" Afe'

of Po.. 'e"is ago. residents
no',on' natives of the State of Maine ~,
e1''Ne' the Pine Tree State Clun.n Tha
o'san'~a'lon was perfected BY the eIec,;o, I.
ov '"hn u Long as President. with NJ
lana Estes. of the publishing hou.a of p.
ana Lauriat, as Secretary. The club h.. :.
very large membership, and holds frso,o,,
insetinRs, which have been of io,e,ss, - =.
''e'hoers. Its second annual dinner oeo,,s
W saturday at the Revere House, Boston
A"one the prominent citizens of Ma;ne in
vited to De present at this dinner wa. n,
H. haniey, chairman of the Republica, s,.,.
COMMITTEE. Mr.. Msnley found it im,o..;h,a
70 attend but in his letter of decina,ion Maid
'he Following tribute to his State. Mr. Man.
iey Is nrm believer in the State of Main.
a"a 1t IL 70 the energy and enterprise of tho
hosts OF young men in every section 80 49,
State of which Mr.. Manley is a repressn,..
'ive' that Names present standing is due.
IL Is often said that Maine i,a good State
20 go from Seventy thousand cit,zans 90
massachusetts,. native born of the I'D p;,a
Tree State, furnish evidence were il nsadad
OF the truth Of the statement. Put while ,h;.
may De true, we can assert witbou, fss, %
contradiction, that Maine is a grand S,s,a n
winch to remain. Few are aware Of har
ero"th' OF the opportunity she offers to the
im migrant, and of the inducement abe holds
out 10 ner own born to remain within ber
ooroers lhe great growth of the Wear NJ
'eh nAKes us feel that we are not maxine
any progress. But the tide has turned and
,me population OF Maine is now increasing.
we nave Tor years been furnishing young
Hieh ana women to people the Western
otates; today they are remaining at home. I
know that it has been the custom during M.
htical Campaigns for some speakers to picture
to their audiences the poverty stricken con.
dition of our State to paint in glowing col.
ors nigh taxation, the great burden of in
oeDtedness and all the ills and woes that
come from depressed condition. But this
Is only the rambling talk of wild and unre.
strained imagination The picture is not 4
true one The entire inde btedness of Maine
today, including State, county and municipal
Indebtedness, is a little less than thirteen
millions or dollars; while 1t has in its saw.
lhgs banks thirty-six millions, and it has
invested in national banks eleven millions
of dollars.
Maine has ceased to be exclusively an ap.
rlcultural State, although il has invested in
farms and live stock more than one hundred
and twenty millions of dollars. It's orchard
products, the number of pounds of wool. the
value of its lumber products, the number OF
tons of hav raised, the number of bushels of
potatoes raised, the annual value of it's live
stock, exceed that OF any Of the other New
England States. And one thing should be
emphasiz d, which is great tribute to the
State, that Of the entire sixty five thousand
farms of Maine, over sixtv-two thousand of
them are cultivated by their owners
In manufacturing, Maine has made rapid
strides In the past twenty years, and it has
to-day over fifty millions of dollars employed
in its manufacturing interests, giving employ
ment to thirty-slx thousand persons. and paw
ing out annually in wages over fourteen mil
lions of dollars, producing products to the
value of more than eighty millions; and this
in diversified interests. Our manufacturing is
not confined to any one line 1t is cotton,
lumber, WOODEN goods, tanned leather paper
foundry ana machine shop products, boots
and shoes, fl lurng and grist mill products
lime, canned goods, ship building printing
and publishing, agricultural implements
dyeing and finishing textiles and mixed tex
tiles The WOODEN industrysranks next to the
manufacturing of lumber There are to day,
situated within the borders of our state, sixty
five wooden mills, producing az good cloth as
can be made anywhere on this continent; and
our cotton products are sold in every market
of the world. Slate qurrries, which will be
of immense value, are being worked. Our
limestone is already known and used in every
State of the Union. The iron produced At
the Katahdin Iron Works is of the best quail
i,v. The ice and granite business gives EN-
pioyment to thousands, and there is hardly a
large city in the Union but what has some
structure which is memorial to the good
quality of her granite; and all cities dnring
our simmer months are consuming the ice
from our northern rivers.
Maine is also pushing ahead in ts railroad
improvements Already great transconti
mental line is being built across is entire
width, giving direct and short route to the
great W est and Pacific coast and capitalists
are now surveying road from Skowhegan
up the valley of the Kennebec. TO strike the
waters of Moosehead Lake at its outlet, so
that YOU gentlemen who are proud of the
State of your nativity can breakfast at your
own homes in Boston and dine by the waters
of that grand lake Aroostook. tina, growing
county of the North, is clamoring for direct
.ru,,n,r rosor,s have become world wide in
their attractions Bar Haroor Is To-Day the
peer OF Newport, ana IL Is ues',ueu " oeo0''